Hilchos Lashon Hara, Opening – positive commands (11)

Someone who speaks lashon transgresses the positive command, “Fear the L-rd your G-d,” which warns us to know that Hashem always observes our actions and punishes us according to the severity of our actions. Certainly, someone who abandons himself to this sin of lashon hara has neglected this positive command.

The Chofetz Chaim

Rav Yisroel Meir Hakohen of Radin zt"l known as the Chofetz Chaim, was one of the most famous rabbis before the Holocaust.
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